The world’s most advanced mobile OS.
In its most advanced form.

With an easy-to-use interface, amazing features, and security at its core, iOS 8 is the foundation of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. It’s designed to look beautiful and work beautifully, so even the simplest tasks are more engaging. And because iOS 8 is engineered to take full advantage of the advanced technologies built into Apple hardware, your devices are always years ahead — from day one to day whenever.

Elegant and intuitive interface.

From the moment you pick up iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, you know how to use it. That’s because iOS was designed to be easy to understand. The simple-yet-beautiful Home screen invites you to discover each of the built-in apps. So right away, you’re browsing your favorite websites, capturing a few candids, or texting your friends. And no matter what you’re doing or what app you’re using, everything feels easy, intuitive, and even fun.

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Built-in features and apps that make your device – and you – more capable.

iOS and an ever-expanding collection of features and built-in apps make iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch even more powerful, innovative, and a joy to use. Here are just a few examples.

Photos

With the Photos app and iCloud Photo Library, in beta, every photo you take will now be available on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, ready to edit and share. And you can search for your favorite photos by time, location, and album, or browse by Collections and Moments — smart groupings of your photos and videos based on time and place.

Messages

Messages lets you send any kind of message, any way you want to send it. Tap to add your voice to a conversation. Send a video of what you’re seeing the moment you’re seeing it. And now you can manage your group conversations by naming them, adding and removing contacts, muting them, or leaving them altogether.

Music

When it comes to your music, this is home base. Create playlists for every mood. Or let Genius do it for you.

Maps

Apple-designed from the ground up (and the sky down), this built-in app shows you incredible detail — even on full zoom.

FaceTime

With a tap, you can make video calls or audio-only calls from your iPhone or iPad to someone else’s. And you can do it over Wi-Fi or cellular networks. So you can be there, even when you’re not there.1

* FaceTime is not available in Saudi Arabia

Safari

It’s the world’s most popular mobile browser. Safari puts the focus where it should be: the web. When you open a web page, the address and navigation bars move out of the way until you need them. Bookmarks are easy to add and edit, and features like Reading List, Shared Links, and iCloud Tabs let you get to the content you need when you need it.2

AirDrop

Sharing with AirDrop is faster and more convenient than an email or a text, especially when the person you want to share with isn’t in your Contacts. Just tap to send photos, videos, contacts — and anything else from any app with a Share button — to anyone nearby who’s also running iOS 8 or OS X Yosemite.3

Health

Now your activity tracker, heart rate monitor, and other health and fitness apps can talk to each other. Which means they’ll be able to work even harder for you. And all the information is accessible in one easy-to-read dashboard.

Hardware and software made for each other.

Because Apple makes both the hardware and the operating system for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, everything is designed to work together. So apps take full advantage of hardware features such as the dual-core processor, accelerated graphics, wireless antennas, and more. Multitasking is a perfect example. iOS learns when you like to use your apps and updates the content in them at power-efficient times, like when your device is already in use and connected to Wi-Fi. So the content in your favorite apps stays up to date without a major drain on your battery.

Camera

FaceTime

Touch ID

With the App Store, there’s almost no limit to what your iOS device can do.

iOS is the platform for well over a million mobile apps — and counting.5 And every app starts with the right DNA. So we’ve made iOS 8 the biggest release for developers since the introduction of the App Store. It offers new APIs to enable even more amazing features and bold new technologies for game development. And the App Store makes all of these apps easy to access, easy to search, and easy to buy using the same account you use for iTunes. Just browse the App Store on your iOS device and download them with a tap.

iCloud. Everything you need. Anywhere you need it.

iCloud makes sure all your devices always have the latest versions of your most important things, including documents, photos, apps, contacts, calendar events, and more.

iCloud Drive lets you access all your files from any device. With Family Sharing, all your photos, videos, music, and iTunes purchases can be shared easily with your family across multiple Apple devices. And iCloud Photo Library, in beta, keeps every photo and video you take all in one place, and you can access them from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and iCloud.com.6Learn more about iCloud

Easy to update.

iOS updates are free. And they’re available to download wirelessly on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch the moment they’re released. Your device even alerts you when it’s time to get the latest version. So you won’t miss out on all the amazing features in new updates.

Safety and security come standard.

iOS provides built-in security from the moment you turn on your device. That’s because the hardware, firmware, and operating system come with built-in features designed to help your device — and what you put on it — stay safe.

Security.

Malware and viruses aren’t confined to desktops anymore. They can infect mobile devices, too. Which is why Apple takes security seriously when it comes to iOS. For starters, hardware and firmware features are designed to protect against malware and viruses, while iOS features help to secure your personal information. Touch ID lets you use your fingerprint as a passcode, preventing unauthorized access to your device. When you use a passcode, it automatically encrypts and protects your email, calendar events, contacts, reminders, notes, messages, and third‑party apps.

Privacy.

iOS is designed to put your privacy first. If an app wants your location information or data from Calendar, Contacts, Reminders, or Photos, it needs your permission first. And you have complete control of how Health and HomeKit use your data. Your conversations over iMessage and FaceTime are encrypted, including predictive text. So no one but you and the person you’re talking to can see or read what’s being said. And features built into Safari give you the ability to browse privately, block cookies, and prevent websites from tracking you.

Find My iPhone Activation Lock.

Your iPhone is your iPhone, no matter where it is. The same goes for your iPad and iPod touch. Because security features in iOS make it very difficult for anyone who’s not you to use or sell your device. Turning off Find My iPhone or erasing your device requires your Apple ID and password. Find My iPhone can also continue to display a custom message, even after your device is erased. And your Apple ID and password are required before anyone can reactivate it.7

iCloud Keychain.

Most of the websites you visit nowadays require user names and passwords. Remembering them all can be tough, but you can let iCloud Keychain do it for you. It stores your website user names and passwords on the devices you’ve approved, protects them with robust 256-bit AES encryption, and keeps them up to date on each device. Then it automatically fills them in whenever and wherever you need them. Password Generator can even suggest unique, hard-to-guess passwords for your online accounts. iCloud Keychain works with credit card information too, so checking out takes no time at all.

Accessibility built in.

iOS includes a variety of accessibility features that help people with disabilities experience more of what iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch have to offer. The built-in VoiceOver screen reader allows those who are blind or have low vision to hear a description of the item they’re touching on the screen. Made for iPhone Hearing Aids are Bluetooth devices that allow you to experience clearer phone conversations and music, and you can manage them directly from your iOS device. With Guided Access, you can restrict an iOS device to one app, and even limit the amount of time spent in an app. Which can be helpful to people with autism or other attention and sensory challenges. And Switch Control gives individuals with limited physical or motor skills complete control of their device through switch access. iOS also offers many other beneficial accessibility features, such as dynamic screen magnification, playback of closed-captioned video, mono audio, simplified screen gestures, and more. Learn more about accessibility in iOS

iOS knows many languages.

iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch support keyboard and dictionary functions for multiple languages and dialects.

Switch languages on the fly.

iOS lets you take your pick of over 35 system languages and easily switch between them. Because the keyboard is software based, you can select from over 55 different layouts with support for diacritic marks on characters and contextual character options for Chinese and Japanese. VoiceOver reads screens in more than 35 languages, and Voice Control understands over 20 languages.

Ready for business.

iPhone and iPad have become the devices of choice at work simply because they’re the devices of choice in daily life. And it all gets better in iOS 8 with new security, productivity, and device management features.

Ready to learn.

iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch are incredible learning tools thanks to iOS. With educational apps and games from the App Store, free courses and lectures from iTunes U, and interactive textbooks from the iBooks Store, students of all ages and all walks of life can learn the way they want, wherever they want.

FaceTime calling requires a FaceTime-enabled device for the caller and recipient and a Wi-Fi connection. FaceTime over a cellular network requires iPhone 4s or later, iPad with Retina display, or iPad mini with cellular data capability. Availability over a cellular network depends on carrier policies; data charges may apply.

Safari full-screen view and tab view are available on iPhone 4s or later and iPod touch (5th generation).

AirDrop is available on iPhone 5 or later, iPad (4th generation), iPad mini, and iPod touch (5th generation) and requires an iCloud account.

AirPlay is compatible with the second-generation Apple TV or later. AirPlay Mirroring is available with iPhone 4s or later, iPad 2 or later, iPad mini, and iPod touch (5th generation).

Refers to the total number worldwide. Not all content is available in all countries.

iCloud requires iOS 5 or later on iPhone 3Gs or later, iPod touch (3rd generation or later), iPad, or iPad mini; a Mac computer with OS X Lion v10.7.5 or later; or a PC with Windows 7 or Windows 8 (Outlook 2007 or later or an up‑to‑date browser is required for accessing email, contacts, and calendars). Some features require iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite. Some features require a Wi‑Fi connection. Some features are not available in all countries. Access to some services is limited to 10 devices.

Find My iPhone enables you to locate iOS devices only when they are on and connected to a registered Wi-Fi network or have an active data plan. Some features may not be available for all countries or all areas.